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David Starr Jordan

1851 - 1931

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David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career. Prior to serving as president of Stanford University, he served as president of Indiana University from 1885 to 1891. Jordan was also a strong supporter of eugenics, and his published views expressed a fear of "race-degeneration", asserting that cattle and human beings are "governed by the same laws of selection". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. David Starr Jordan is the 491st most popular biologist (up from 662nd in 2019), the 4,280th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,002nd in 2019) and the 83rd most popular American Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, David Starr Jordan ranks 491 out of 1,097. Before him are Lorenz Heister, Carl Chun, Johannes Thiele, Wilder Penfield, Jan Svatopluk Presl, and Zhores Medvedev. After him are Vladimir Demikhov, Giuseppe Acerbi, Gabriel Bibron, Emil Christian Hansen, Martin Rathke, and Jeanne Villepreux-Power.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1851, David Starr Jordan ranks 52. Before him are Taytu Betul, Roque Sáenz Peña, Edward Walter Maunder, Émile Boirac, Melvil Dewey, and Friedrich Sixt von Armin. After him are Charles Chamberland, Anton Haus, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Viggo Johansen, Laza Lazarević, and Angelo Moriondo. Among people deceased in 1931, David Starr Jordan ranks 70. Before him are Samad bey Mehmandarov, Xu Zhimo, Jean-Louis Forain, William Bates, Wilson Bentley, and Nicolae Paulescu. After him are Hanns Hörbiger, Rachel Bluwstein, Viktor Dyk, Emil Warburg, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, and Motilal Nehru.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Starr Jordan ranks 4,280 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Seger (1945), Bruce Davison (1946), David D. Friedman (1945), James Rebhorn (1948), Carla Gugino (1971), and Susanne Langer (1895). After him are Pink (1979), Bruce Cabot (1904), Vinnie Vincent (1952), Eugene Parker (1927), Irene Dunne (1898), and Hill Harper (1966).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United States

Among biologists born in United States, David Starr Jordan ranks 83. Before him are Robert Gallo (1937), Luther Burbank (1849), Sewall Wright (1889), Florence Augusta Merriam Bailey (1863), Robert Sapolsky (1957), and Wilder Penfield (1891). After him are George Newbold Lawrence (1806), Mary Agnes Chase (1869), Nathaniel Lord Britton (1859), Joseph Leidy (1823), Aldo Leopold (1887), and Charles David Keeling (1928).

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